This house is Shakin’…..

Album Launch - C

atl: 'This Shakin' House'

The Horseshoe Tavern - April 24th
2014

For the
release of their fourth
album "This Shakin’ House", Catl had
chosen the horseshoe Tavern as the
venue for the launch party.
Supported by the Mad Ones and
Bloodshot Bill the evening promised
much and delivered more........

Describing
themselves as a garage grunge band,
the
Mad Ones
, who are Andrew DeVillers
(guitar/vox) and Phil Wilson (drums)
were on first and drew a good size
crowd. Right from the start the
feedback intro was followed by some
excellent guitar, great riffs and
powerful drumming throughout the
first few songs. The set comprised
of speed metal/semi punk songs, but
these were underlined with some
seriously heavy riffs, skilful drums
lines following the main vocal and
some serious feedback, which was
used between songs as outros and
intros to change guitars. Overall I
counted nine songs in the 35 minute
set and will gladly sit through a
longer set given the quality of the
performance.

Syn Brit Rating:
3/5

The phrase
"one-man band" simply doesn't
describe
Bloodshot Bill accurately.
Supported by some of the most
amazing vocal gymnastics I've ever
heard, Bill laid down a rockabilly
boogie that had people tapping their
feet from the very first song. The
vocal range was remarkable. Constant
changes between a higher pitch range
to one which is akin to Elvis
Presley were accompanied by a series
of vocal sounds including snorting
which bizarrely suited the
performance perfectly. In true
rockabilly style, the songs were
short, mostly about women and had
the crowd singing in a call and
response about three songs into the
set. This sounds simple, but Bill
showed amazing all round dexterity,
including some tremendous guitar
picking and a drum solo on the
guitar. I don’t know about Bill, but
I felt exhausted when he’d
finished….

Syn Brit Rating 4

/5

OK, confession
time. We've been lucky enough to
see
Catl
four times in recent months and, as
a result, we've been looking forward
to this particular concert, ever
since it had been announced. Just
before the show Jamie had warned
that things were going to get loud
and he was right…..

By the time
Jamie and Sarah took the stage the
audience had grown considerably and
they opened their set as a two-piece
the first four songs, after which
they were then joined by a harmonica
player for the remainder of the gig.
Right from the start the heady
mixture of Jamie’s guitar work and
Sarah's hypnotic drum work swept the
crowd and the band into a sweaty
mess. The set consisted of tracks
from the new album 'This Shakin
House' with tracks from the previous
three albums, but was seamless in
terms of delivery, which goes to
show how strong their material is
overall.

Amongst the
songs played were tremendous driving
versions of ‘FU Blues’, ‘Gold Tooth
Shine’. To augment the latest single
‘Gateway Blues’ they added the
dancers from the video and the gig
was topped off with my personal
favourite, an extended version of
'Workin Man's Soul', which
left the crowd shouting for more.
Catl are the real deal, tremendous
people with an amazing sound and a
great new album to prove it.
Seriously, if you love your blues,
dirty, sweaty and boogie ridden,
then you will love Catl. We bought
the album and this house is
shakin’….